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Sunday, 17 January 2016

Changing Places

You may recall
that this one has suggested that it was not entirely a good idea to write off
the Labour Party, Corbyn and all, because elections are often lost by
governments rather than won by the opposition.

With the
Conservative Party it has managed to cut its own throat in the past and clearly
has the capacity to do it in the near future.
One reason is Europe.

Exit, Flexit,
Brexit, is there anyone who get's it?
The debate is becoming very rough and ready.

Peter
J North sticks the boot in to Fraser Nelson of The Spectator. Mr. North's style is usually vigorous but in
this case may have its reasons. His
point is that a lot of what is alleged to be EU is not, it is international
agencies.

Christopher
Booker in The Telegraph is among his links trying to make this clear today,
the 17th January. The diagram above is
the briefest of summaries in all this.

They are
trying to make it simple for us to understand.
It is in fact much worse. During
the Scottish Referendum London was saying that there are around 14,000
treaties, agreements and obligations that we are bound by internationally.

This may be an
over estimate, but a large figure could be the case because of the extent of
activity over many decades. The Foreign
and Commonwealth offices have kept themselves busy for a long time in making
concessions to avoid media embarrassments.

We could find
ourselves in the position of needing a revolution but if we don't do it then
someone else certainly will.

How much of a difference will the imminent depression make? If people can't afford to buy things and international trade collapses, will governments override all these treaties and international standards to protect what little indigenous industry remains?

Peter J North sticks the boot in to Fraser Nelson of The Spectator. Mr. North's style is usually vigorous but in this case may have its reasons. His point is that a lot of what is alleged to be EU is not, it is international agencies.